So I have been looking up information on college degrees.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/...t20_322.10.asp &
https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=37
The total numbers of Bachelor degrees earned in 2018-19 was 2,012,854
Business (390,564)
Health professions and related programs (251,355)
Social sciences and history (160,628)
Engineering (126,687)
Biological and biomedical sciences (121,191)
(above is over 50% of all degrees)
...
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities (44,222)
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics (16,592)
Philosophy and religious studies (9,615)
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies (7,724)
Total 70,429 or less than 3.5% of degrees
It seems to be that rightwing media and posting world are using a small minority of stupid degrees to explain why millions of people with good degrees can't get jobs like they used to. Or at least claiming its a big part of the story.
I submit to you that it is a string of anecdotes carefully crafted to mislead a part of the population. Its a story, a fictitious realty created by institutions that manufacture consent. Its a key part to make sure rightwing people from humble backgrounds don't support something that directly benefits people like them.